First little lie ♰ Keep me breathing as the water rises up again

[beingdifferent]

[The first image the camera captures is a pair of large brown eyes, blinking sleepily before widening. They dart back and forth as their owner pulls the communicator back, showing a small pale face framed by dark curls, mouth curled into a frown. Zoom back a little more and the starry expanse from the deck is visible in the background.

The girl in the foreground bites at her bottom lip, licks it, looks around again before frowning at the communicator. She pulls it up closer, staring at the screen, and speaks one word with a distinct note of fear in her voice.]

...Mommy?

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[beingdifferent]

She never does anything bad.

[versusnurture]

Then she's not here.

[beingdifferent]

Then how will I get home?

[versusnurture]

No idea. I haven't gotten a good answer to that myself.

[beingdifferent]

Oh. [She bows her head for a moment, a thoughtful expression moving over her face like a stormcloud.] Do you know where I am? I don't like this place.

[versusnurture]

It's the Barge. Apparently, it's where you go if you do something bad.

It's not that great.

[beingdifferent]

But I didn't...

Is it all scary like this?

[versusnurture]

There are people who've been kind to me.

[beingdifferent]

Who are these people? Some haven't been very nice at all.

[versusnurture]

Tyrion took me on a tour.

[beingdifferent]

And who is that?

[versusnurture]

He's Tyrion.

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[beingdifferent]

Yes, and I don't know him.

[versusnurture]

He dresses like a Renaissance fair, calls everyone lady, and walks around carrying a dagger.

That and he's not much taller than you.

[beingdifferent]

In that case, he shouldn't be difficult to find.

[versusnurture]

He'll let you into the CES if you want to go outside, too.

[beingdifferent]

It's outside? Is it on the deck? Inside is better than this.

[versusnurture]

It's sort of on the deck. But it's more natural. Just ask him to let you in - or somebody else. It's nice. At least what I saw of it.